"He was very devoted to his wife, who was a wonderful lady who also worked for us," says co-owner Max Lebersfeld. "She passed away, but he came back from that."

Goldman was a longtime store manager but in more recent years, he is content in his workshop. He repairs and reconstructs fixtures. "Each one is a challenge and that's it," he says. "Each one gives you something that the last one didn't."

Goldman says he plans to keep putting body, mind and heart into the job.